I'm a Libertarian living in Humboldt County, CA. I've lived here in Eureka since 1973 and joined the Libertarian Party in 1992. This blog will mostly focus on local political issues, but I may stray into state and national issues as well, when I can't help myself. Please post your comments by clicking on the "comments" link at the bottom of each post. Although I do moderate comments, you need not be a registered user to post them.

Monday, November 06, 2006

Due To Technical Difficulties...

...I'm unable to post anything but a short note, like this one, right now. We'll get up and running as soon as able.

31 Comments:

Its because of that Rat Bastard Salzman. That sleazebag probebly manipulated the blog to influence tomorrows election. Lets hang him by his stones and beat him with Nan Abrams' broom. Shoot, two problems with that. Number 1, without her broom, how will Nan get around? 2, Salzman has no stones.

I can't post on any of the local blogs that use the anti-spammer image verification. The image I'm supposed to look at simply doesn't show up. It works on some blogs, but not others, and I have no filters in place that would hide the image from me.

They may not be as well-compensated as Nicole Kidman (she earned close to $1 million for each minute of a Chanel perfume commercial) or President Bush ($400,000 a year), but these Los Angeles civic officials earn nearly as much as or more than members of Congress ($162,500) or Vice President Dick Cheney ($212,000). We compare salaries and selected perks.

Antonio Villaraigosa - Mayor of Los AngelesSalary: $205,661Perk: Villaraigosa can live rent-free in the official mayoral residence, a Tudor-style mansion in Hancock Park. Note: The mayor's salary is comparable to that of New York City's mayor, except that New York's Michael R. Bloomberg accepts only a token $1 a year. If he didn't, he'd be collecting about $195,000 annually.

David L. Brewer - Incoming superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School DistrictSalary: $300,000Perk: Brewer will receive a monthly housing allowance of $3,000.Note: The highest-paid school official in New York City -- Chancellor Joel I. Klein -- earns $250,000 annually. Arne Duncan, chief executive of the Chicago Public Schools, earns $194,688.

Eric Garcetti - President of the Los Angeles City CouncilSalary: $158,201Perk: As a City Council member, Garcetti got to choose his ride from a fleet of city cars or opt for a $500-a-month car allowance.Note: Members of the L.A. City Council are the highest paid in the country, and along with other elected city officials, expect a raise soon. New York City's council members make do with a base salary of $90,000.

William J. Bratton - Los Angeles Police ChiefSalary: $279,834Perk: For his move to Los Angeles, Bratton received a one-time relocation bonus of $9,000 and six months of paid housing. Note: Bratton was earning more than $500,000 a year as a private consultant before becoming police chief.

Lydia Kennard - Executive Director of Los Angeles World AirportsSalary: $298,313Perk: The typical vacation package for general managers affords Kennard three to four weeks off a year. Note: The airport chief is the second-highest paid head of a city department. Ron Deaton, general manager of the Department of Water and Power, earns more than $320,000.

Speaking of Richard Sleazman. With Meserve in for a rough night, Kuhnel, and Glass in tossup situations and Abrams a lost cause, wouldn't it be funny if Salzman's only win came from a registered Republican?

Would this be the end of Salzman? I fear not. The only way to rid our county of this vial bacteria would be to send away for my buddy Guido and his sidekick, Ant-tin-ee.

Interesting though, it may be his finest hour, he actually pulled the wool over the eyes of the Blues.

It was these constant techno problems that inspired the attempted move of my blog. But that was fraught with its own problems. We discussed on Fred's blog earlier that none of us want to attempt the new version of blogspot offered for bloggers because there are enough problems with this one.

Eric wrote: "My blog is working fine right now, as is Heraldo's. Yet Fred's and Steven's are on the fritz.".

Actually, I think I fooled you guys. My "techical difficulties" weren't really with blogspot, although an odd thing did occur with that.

I was actually at UCSF when I made the post. I was using the public iMac in the hallway on the way down to the parking garage.

I had to go to Frisco again and my laptop went completely south on me. The "backlight", as I mentioned before, was going out earlier on. I tried to start it up and update everything on it while I had plenty of time to charge it earlier this week.

I couldn't even get the screen to light up on battery power. So, I sent the laptop to a place down south that supposedly specializes in replacing backlights on laptops. Hopefully it will be back by the end of the week.

So, no laptop, which saved me the problem of paying for internet at the hotel we stayed at. But, I couldn't help worry that comments on the blog may get out of hand, and such.

So, I used the UCSF public iMacs to check my e-mail while I was there. Kind of a pain in the neck, as you have to stand there, among other things.

The second time I checked my mail I decided to check out at least a few of the other local blogs. Couldn't get to Herald's, even after going to blogspot and doing a search. Don't believe I could get to Eric's, either. Oddly enough, I could get to mine and made that short post.

Gave up on it after that and, luckily, we got done much earlier than expected and headed home. Saved us another nights stay we were expecting to have to make.

Now I'm just waiting and hoping the outfit I sent the laptop to isn't some fly by night ripoff outfit. We shall see soon enough, I think.

I wish I knew how to do the technical aspect of setting up my own blog- maybe something I could put on my freeservers account.

I suspect there's a LOT to it. I don't even know the words for the technology that is used. If I knew an online source for learning it, I'd give it a try.

I did my first web page, using HTML, from something I found on the internet. Be interested in trying the same with a blog, but wouldn't know what to look for. Would it be Java, Java Scipt? Probably that and a lot more. I suspect I'd be lost.